A Briton was given a two-year jail term suspended for four and told to erase Malta from his mind and geography books after pleading guilty to seriously injuring a man in Paceville on Thursday morning.

Kyle Waters, 19, from Liverpool, pleaded guilty to seriously injuring Ryan Fenech during a fight in Wilġa Street at 4 a.m.

He also pleaded guilty to disturbing public order. Mr Waters replied in the affirmative when Magistrate Antonio Mizzi asked him whether he understood that his behaviour was "disruptive and improper". The magistrate went on to tell the Briton to "forget that the island existed" after sentencing him to two years in jail suspended for four years.

Police Inspector Martin Sammut prosecuted.

Lawyer Mark Busuttil was defence counsel.

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